AMSTERDAM, OCTOBER 19, 2016 – Police detained more than 300 suspects and seized tonnes of cocaine during a week-long operation against drugs, people-smuggling and cyber crime networks across Europe and beyond, the EU’s policing agency said on Wednesday.Investigations uncovered a fake travel agency in Greece that helped traffic people, and a brothel in Austria housing a cannabis growing operation during an international push against organised crime, said Europol.

The agency said it had coordinated investigations across the EU and 24 states outside during “Operation Ciconia Alba”, helping uncover crime networks originating in Nigeria, Asia, Eastern Europe and other areas.